KECERDASAN EMOSI DAN MOTIVASI KERJA DALAM KALANGAN SUBORDINAT MARDI (EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND JOB MOTIVATION AMONG MARDI’S SUBORDINATES)

Amira Wahid, Muhammad Ajib bin Abd Razak, Fatimah Yusooff

Abstract


The objective of this study is to identify whether emotional intelligence among employees between grades N17 to N27 substantially affect or not their work motivation in organisation of Mardi. This study used the instrument of Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI) and Employee Performance Measure. Data collected by questionnaire and distributed among 50 staff in Human Resources Management Division, Headquarters of MARDI, Serdang, Selangor. The results of correlation analysis from this research have shown that the relationship between emotional intelligence and motivation among employees in Grade 17 to 27 are working in MARDI is not significant. In addition, the different levels of emotional intelligence according to their positions also not significant, however, for different levels of self-motivation by grade showed a significant and positive relationship. The research findings can give a good benefit to MARDI Division Human Resources Management in effort to improve the quality of work and services among support staff with more effectively.

 

The objective of this study is to identify whether emotional intelligence among employees between grades N17 to N27 substantially affects their work motivation in the organisation of Mardi. This study used the instruments of Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI) and Employee Performance Measure. Data were collected by using questionnaires that were distributed to 50 staffs in Human Resources Management Division, Headquarters of MARDI, Serdang, Selangor. The results of correlation analysis showed that the relationship between emotional intelligence and motivation among employees in Grade 17 to 27 that are working in MARDI is not significant. In addition, the different levels of emotional intelligence according to their positions were not significant, however, for different levels of self-motivation by grade showed a significant and positive relationship. The research findings can give a good benefit to MARDI Division Human Resources Management in the effort of improving the quality of work and services among support staffs.
Keywords : emotional Intelligence, work motivation, employees


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